> often I use Tomboy, a Linux application, to taking rapid notes. When I
> find some useful command on internet, I create a note. Then sometimes
> I try to group notes about a similar topic and so on.
> 
> I'd prefer using Vim for such a task, so I can search in my notes
> directly from the terminal. Is there a good plugin to do this? At
> least, how would you do that?

I do something similar, using a generic "tagging" with my notes, 
similar to the "text todo-list" described here:

   http://todotxt.com/whytxt.php

I use @context and +CONTACT so I might have notes like

   @home take out trash
   @phone +GOV call about tax refund
   @work +GM 2008-11-21 spoke with CTO about installation progress
   @work +WAMU check their NAT settings
   @work +GM gather requirements
   @groc buy flowers for +WIFE
   @mall buy socks
   @web buy +DAD a memory card for his camera
   @phone call +DAD about diff. eq. questions

(I set Vim to not wrap lines so I have one item per line)  I can 
then use Vim to sort this with things like

   :sort /@\w\+/
   :sort /+\w\+/

or bring common elements together:

   :g/@work.*+FOOBAR/m$

or you can grep them from the command-line:

   grep @phone notes.txt   # find calls I need to make
   grep +DAD notes.txt     # stuff related to Dad

It's mostly convention, but one might be able to build a plugin 
to facilitate usage of it.

-tim





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